Attack on Sydney Harbour

When

31 May 1942 – 8 Jun 1942

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

27

Coordinates

33.86° S, 151.23° E

Description

1942 World War II attack by Japan

1942 World War II attack by Japan

From 31 May to 8 June 1942, during World War II, Imperial Japanese Navy submarines made a series of attacks on the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle. On the night of 31 May – 1 June, three Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarines, each with a two-member crew, entered Sydney Harbour, avoided the partially constructed Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net, and attempted to sink Allied warships.

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